Spike strips disable pickup at Border Patrol checkpoint

A suspect in a domestic-violence case who fled San Diego police Monday night was arrested after the pickup he was driving was disabled by spike strips on Interstate 5 at the U.S. Border Patrol checkpoint north of Camp Pendleton.

San Diego police officers tried to detain the man about 10:30 p.m. on Pogo Row, near Heritage Road, in Otay Mesa, police Officer Dino Delimitros said. The suspect fled in a light-colored pickup. At one point he drove north on Interstate 805, then west on state Route 52 before heading north on I-5.

A San Diego police helicopter tracked the pickup, and the pursuit was later monitored by a sheriff's helicopter.

Border Patrol agents placed spike strips at the checkpoint, Delimitros said. The man attempted to continue driving for a short time after the pickup hit the strips, which disabled all four tires.

Border Patrol agents made a pit maneuver in patrol cars in the middle of the freeway, and the man was taken into custody at gunpoint shortly after midnight. A female passenger also was in the pickup.